The Up Front Gallery

Lib Elder & Magda Liska - "Waste Not, Want Not"

December 6-28

First Friday Reception, December 6, 5-8 pm

Mixed Media pieces by Lib Elder and Magda Liska. Lib Elder's statement: This show represents a rough year in my life, and reflects my determination to find lessons about what matters to me. I want people to come away from the show maybe a bit disturbed, but as they consider the deeper issues my work raises I also want to provide some chuckles. I think humor is essential to appreciating my art and I hope people will respond to that. Life IS weird, and we just have to keep going. Magda Liska Artist Statement I would like people to become observers. When they consider one of my artworks, I would like them to peer beyond the original flat surface at the myriad details and perhaps be surprised: images are woven in with double entendres, puns, references to pop culture, commercialism, current events as well as literary and historical references. I generally use someone's discarded/abandoned or unfinished canvas and give it a new life inspired by childhood memories and phrases. I literally write a visual story which develops as I work on each piece to completion. My work is mixed media drawing from my artistic background for various techniques and treatments. I invite viewers to zoom in to my artworks.

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